No tsunami from magnitude-6.4 quake near Tonga
COURTESY U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center affirmed that there is no tsunami threat to Hawaii following a magnitude-6.4 earthquake south of the Fiji islands this evening.
The quake occurred at 6:27 p.m. Hawaii time about 206 miles south-southwest of Vaini, Tonga.
The epicenter was at a depth of about 60 miles near a seafloor feature known as the Tonga Trench.
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